Reverend Beat Man and Delaney Davidson July Tour

Swiss rock'n'roll evangelist Reverend Beat Man is heading to New Zealand to tour with pal, and signee to his label Voodoo Rhythm, Delaney Davidson. The two will play through out the country in July and as the excited press release below proclaims these rare appearances are not to be missed, here are the dates:

Thursday 7th July, The Lucha Lounge, Auckland
Friday 8th July, Chicks Hotel, Dunedin
Saturday 9th July, Wunderbar, Christchurch
Sunday 10th July, Franks, Greymouth
Monday 11th July Art Gallery, Christchurch
Wednesday 13th July, Space Monster, Whanganui
Thursday 14th July, Surf Club, Paekakariki
Friday 15th July, Mighty Mighty, Wellington
Saturday 16th July, Whammy Bar, Auckland

Tickets for selected shows are on sale now from here at UTR.

Press Release:

VOODOO RHYTHM RECORDS presents…

TWO KINGS OF PRIMITIVE ROCK N ROLL & GOSPEL BLUES TRASH!!!
REVEREND BEAT MAN & DELANEY DAVIDSON
ON TOUR IN NEW ZEALAND THIS JULY ONLY!!!!

THEY’LL MAKE YOUR BACK CRACK, YOUR LIVER QUIVER, AND YOUR KNEES FREEZE. AND IF YOU DON’T DIG THAT YOU’VE GOT A HOLE IN YOUR SOUL. SO LET’S GIVE A BIG WARM WELCOME FOR THE REV, YOUR BEAT-MAN, EVERYBODYS BLUES TRASH PREACHER, THE FABULOUS REVEREND BEAT MAN TOGETHER WITH THE ONE-MAN GHOST ORCHESTRA, 100% JOHNSON, DELANEY DAVIDSON.

Cult figure, gospel trash preacher, and founder of what could be regarded as the most influential record label in garage rock and roll today, all the way from the hills of Switzerland, REVEREND BEAT MAN is finally coming to town!

Founder of the hugely influential Swiss record label VOODOO RHTYHM RECORDS, and leader of cult band THE MONSTERS, Reverend Beat Man is regarded one of the most important figures in contemporary garage rock and roll today all across the world, and he’s coming to New Zealand for the first time this July for a Nationwide Tour of special shows! On a one-man mission from the blues trash church of Switzerland with only a guitar, kick drum, hihat and microphone REVEREND BEAT MAN tells stories of the dead, the living, killing, and lost love, preaching from the church of trash. This is voodoobilly, music to ruin any party, a hurricane of wrong religion! Joining the reverend is special guest one-man disaster ghost orchestra and Voodoo Rhythm artist DELANEY DAVIDSON from New Zealand, a troubadour of the open roads, spreading his ghost songs across the world, a truly world class performer of the real life macabre.

JULY 2011
Thursday 7th AUCKLAND The Lucha Lounge
Friday 8th DUNEDIN Chicks Hotel
Saturday 9th CHRISTCHURCH Wunderbar
Sunday 10th GREYMOUTH Franks
Monday 11th CHRISTCHURCH Art Gallery (TBC)
Wednesday 13th WHANGANUI Space Monster
Thursday 14th PAEKAKARIKI Surf Club
Friday 15th WELLINGTON Mighty Mighty
Saturday 16th AUCKLAND Whammy Bar

CATCH THESE TWO LIVING TOURING LEGENDS AS THEY WHIP THROUGH NEW ZEALAND IN A WHIRLWIND FRENZY...SEE THEM IN A SHOW THAT HOLDS A MIRROR TO LIFE!!!
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE ANYWHERE EVER!!!!